levin: i yield to the gentlemafrom tennessee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: i have voted twice to raise the debt ceiling. in may. i voted this past weekend for leader reid's program whh had cuts. but i can't vote for this program because the first series of cuts we know the second series of cuts we don't know. i fear it's a trojan horse. if you look inside that trojan horse it's the whirlpool and the shoals and that's an odyssey in journey this country should not traverse. this country has been taken by a group of ideologues that don't want to reduce it. want to hurt employment figures to hurt the president of the united states, mr. speaker, and i don't want to hurt him. one justice said the greatest danger is to by men of zeal. well-meaning but without understanding. juste brandaise is with us today. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means comm

. >> on site is preferable, but given the world that we live in, i agree with mr. cohen. having the middle ground is appropriate. having the whole foods development market indicates what they are not going to do on site but they do want to do a land dedication. i agree that we all need to work towards more on site affordable housing. with that i move the amendments and i will move to continue this one week. supervisor mar: on the amendment without objection. continuing this item until the next meeting to the call of the chair. we may be meeting on monday. i am not sure. supervisor wiener: if there is no meeting on monday, when will the next meeting be? >> the second week of september for. but i will continue this to the call of the chair. please call item no. 2. >> item #two. hearing to follow-up with the san francisco municipal transportation agency (sfmta) regarding efficiency improvements to j-church light rail vehicle line service, and discussion with sfmta and the recreation and park department regarding the muni right-of-way in dolores park. supervisor wiener: very

levin: i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: i have voted twice to raise the debt ceiling. in may. i voted this past weekend for leader reid's program which had cuts. but i can't vote for this program because the first series of cuts we know the second series of cuts we don't know. i fear it's a trojan horse. if you look inside that trojan horse it's the whirlpools and the shoals and that's an odyssey in journey this country should not traverse. this country has been taken by a group of ideologues that don't want to reduce it. want to hurt employment figures to hurt the president of the united states, mr. speaker, and i don't want to hurt him. one justice said the greatest danger is to by men of zeal. well-meaning but without understanding. justice brandaise is with us today. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means

>> i want to thank -- mr. cohen, i actually wanted to thank you guys also for this. i don't have any questions, i just have a comment for you. this is one of those things where, i actually spent time with preston to talk through this. i was disappointed that my other board members have not been reached out to or didn't have the same find of information i had. i think it's aen -- it's an interesting concept, but i was disappointed not to have a deeper conversation either in committee, both in curriculum as well as in budget, because i really would have liked to have supported this and been a little more open to hearing more about what you're doing in other parts of northern california. so it's unfortunate that we couldn't find a place to actually have a longer dialogue on this but i do appreciate the efforts that the -- that our staff made to help us clarify some of those questions, it was a little disappointing that the outreach didn't happen pe the way i would have liked to have seen it happen. superintendent? superintendent garcia: i think this board and all of us

mr. cohen: it's been a pleasure working with mr. smith who yields the time, never as much as i may consume, but queeled the time which i appreciate. we worked in a bipartisan way on this, which i appreciate. each year agencies issue regulations to ensure the food reeat, the air we breathe, the cars we drive are safe. though regulations play a critical role in virtually every aspect of the -- of our daily lives there's only one nonpartisan federal entity that congress can rely on to ensure that they work as intened. the administrative conference of the united states, known as acus, that's the critical entity we have. first established by president john fitzgerald kennedy, it's a nonpartisan, public-private resource that provides guidance to congress about how to improve processes. they are charged with making recommendations for the improvement of agencies and their procedures, particularly with respect to efficiency and fairness. they've helped agencies implement many cost-saving procedures. just within agency alone, the social secu

i wanted to say that mr. cohen, you brought it home to me that a lot of the reforms in this bill, probably all of them and they are many, really came from the people out there who have been working on various commissions and committees and worked with those on both sides of the aisle. we really appreciate it. what we were able to do was look at these proposals and do something about this program which was stalin. too many little things. we managed to consolidate and save the things we work hard together on. there were some differences. we gave and we took. it was hard. i think at the end of the day we managed to get this together. i want to make a point here which i know you agree with. the basic highway trust fund is how we fund, that is the bread and butter. it is what all of you referred to and most of the referred to. that is the bread and butter program we are talking about. that is why i appreciate the new ideas that are coming forward. we can't allow those ideas whether it is infrastructure bank or anything

levin: i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: i have voted twice to raise the debt ceiling. in may. i voted this past weekend for leader reid's program which had cuts. but i can't vote for this program because the first series of cuts we know the second series of cuts we don't know. i fear it's a trojan horse. if you look inside that trojan horse it's the whirlpools and the shoals and that's an odyssey in journey this country should not traverse. this country has been taken by a group of ideologues that don't want to reduce it. want to hurt employment figures to hurt the president of the united states, mr. speaker, and i don't want to hurt him. one justice said the greatest danger is to by men of zeal. well-meaning but without understanding. justice brandaise is with us today. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: i yield two minutes to a distinguished member of the ways and means

mr. chairman. supervisor cohen, and others assembled, i'm aim yes, sir brown, president of the san francisco naacp. and i just want to simply say that, number one, the issue of incarceration in this nation will be at the top of the agenda at the naacp national convention in los angeles next week. number two, as we think about the topic, realignment, as it pertains to those inmates who are incarcerated from the state to the county, might i suggest that maybe he would do ourselves a favor by first having a realignment of our thinking. i want to recommend that everybody gets this book and reads it. chairman mirkarimi: "the new jim crow" right? great book. great book. >> my by she will alexander dealing with the mass incarceration in the age of so-called colorblindness. if we read it, it just might help our thinking on this issue. thirdly, i wish to say that we appreciate all of the data that has been given and all the representation that's come from the various departments. but i'm missing something here. we are missing something. not much was said about what goals or visions we are setting. i just re

i want to just say that i thought mr. cohen, you really brought to home to me, a lot of reforms that are in the bill, probably all of them, there are many, came from the people out there working on various commissions and committees and have worked with us on both sides of the aisle, and we really appreciate it. and what we were able to do was look at all of the proposals and finally doing? -- finally do something about the program which let's just say it was sprawling. it was just too many little things. we managed to consolidate and save the things that we've worked hard together on. there was some differences here. we gave and we took. it was hard. but i think at the end of the day, we managed to get this together. mayor, i want to make a point here which i don't know you agree with, the basic highway trust fund, that's how we fund, that's the great and butter, it's what mr. james referred to, it's what mr. ridley referred to, all of you have referred to it. most of you have referred to it. that's the bread and butter progra

mr. cohenwith the gadhafi regime as secretary of defense, what are your thoughts this morning? >> well, i think we can all share in the joy of seeing this man go. he hasn't quite gone yet, but i think it's inevitable that he will. he has been a pariah to virtually every leader throughout the region and i think that's one of the reasons why he has no friends to turn to as such, other than the militias that he was able to pay for through the trend to security the apparatus. but i think most are going to be happy to see him go and then the question will become what happens now? and you've been discussing that in terms of, number one, maintaining stability. number two, hopefully the libyan rebels, now the government, will not seek to purge all of the people who have been associated with gadhafi on a wholesale basis. obviously, there are some who will be charged with human rights abuses and crimes against humanity. but i think it will be a mistake for them to simply go to a purging campaign without

i felt, mr. cohen you really brought it home to me, that a lot of the reforms in this bill, probably all of them, and there are many, really came from the people out there who have been working on various commissions and committees and have worked with us on both sides of the aisle, and we really appreciate it. what we were able to do is look at all of these proposals and finally do something about this program, which -- let's just say it was sprawling. it was too many little things. we managed to consolidate and save the things that we work hard together on. there were differences here. we gave and we took. it was hard, but i think at the end of the day, we managed to get this together. mayor, i want to make a point that i know you agree with. the basic highway trust fund, that is the bread and butter. it is what mr. james referred to, what mr. ridgely referred to, all of you have referred to it. most of you have referred to it. that is the bread and butter program we have talked about. that is why i

mr. president. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell? supervisor farrell: supporting our post 9/11 veterans. san francisco has always had a very rich history of supporting our veterans, and i will say along with supervisor cohen, the son and daughter of vietnam-era veterans, the sacrifices that they make for us, there is not enough gratitude we can show them. this recognizes the number of organizations that have been deeply involved with the post 9/11 veterans in particular, and those that serve in the middle east theater face unique challenges in san francisco as well as across the nation. these organizations play an important role, and they are more than worthy of our full support, recognition, and honor, and i want to thank the supervisors for their support. the rest, i will submit. clerk calvillo: thank you, supervisor farrell. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: this legislation would allow them to opt out of secure communities. it urges governor brown and the state attorney to join the governors of illinois, massachusetts,

supervisor cohen alluded to the support from other mr. supervisors. it is my pleasure to introduce supervisor scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you and congratulations to everyone on this amazing progress. all the three branch libraries in my district were open before i took office, so i like to live vicariously through my colleagues to help celebrate something so important. in a time when we all get down on our city government for not doing as well as we want them to do, in terms of services, what our government has been able to do with renovating and opening libraries, helping to build communities in the neighborhoods is critical. i am optimistic for third street. this is a big part of moving this entire corridor forward. i also want to reiterate something the mayor said. i have the fortune of working with malia cohen. we sit on a land use committee together. she is a tenacious advocate for district 10. she is doing a great job and i am proud to call for my colleague. congratulations, everyone. [applause] >> thank you. my next introduction is someon

this is going to happen when when you actually take place all right thank you there mr coo for on your insight george cohen expert and helping us economies form international partnerships thank you. thank you now i have renowned economist richard wolfe told our team that america's financial recovery plan was doomed from the start. we've had twenty years of being told that a private enterprise economy is the royal road to success and prosperity forever then we had a crash of that system now we've had a recovery by a government that took care of the banks and insurance companies first and assured us it would trickle down it's not trickling down that's what these unemployment numbers mean that's what the increasing foreclosure of people being thrown out of their homes means and so on the stock market is finally the investment community itself realizing that this system is broken and there is nothing on the horizon to take it out and the anxiety that used to be among all the average people the vanishing middle class and all the people worried about government spending that anxiety is now spreading even to the

cohen present. yell present. farrell present. kim absent. mar present. mirkarimi present. wiener present. mr. president, there is a quorum. supervisor chiu: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? supervisor chiu: colleagues, we should have copies of the june 28th board meeting minute. could i maff a motion? >> mogsed by supermar, seconded by avalos. no objection. they are approved. >> i have no communications, mr. president. >> if we could go to our consent agenda, items one through eight. these items will be acted on by a single role call vote. if a member requests discussion of a matter, it shall be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, would anyone like to receiver any items? role cahill vote? >> on items 1-8. mirkarimi aye, wiener, aye. avalos aye. campos aye. president chiu, eye. supervisor chu. aye. supervisor cohen aye. yell aye. farrell aye. kim, aye. mar, aye. there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: these ordinances are passed and approved. >> item number is the ordinance limiting the amount of over time work to 20% and to require written reports to be submi